[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster 10-20-1980 (Ch. 44 of the 1966 Codification). Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Upon receipt of information that a building or structure in a business, industrial or residential district may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous or unsafe to the public, from any cause, an inspection and report thereof shall be made by the Building Inspector or such other official designated by the Town Board.
B. 
A notice shall be served on the owner or some one of the owner's executors, legal representatives, agents, lessees or any other person having a vested or contingent interest in same, either personally or by registered mail, addressed to the last known address, if any, of the owner or some one of the owner's executors, legal representatives, agents, lessees or other person having a vested or contingent interest in same, as shown by the records of the Receiver of Taxes and/or in the office of the County Clerk or County Register, containing a description of the premises, a statement of the particulars in which the building or structure is unsafe or dangerous and an order requiring same to be made safe and secure or to be removed and, if such service is made by registered mail, for a copy of such notice to be posted on the premises.
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The notice shall provide that the person or persons served with a copy thereof shall commence the repairing or removal of said building or buildings within a period of 30 days from the date of said notice.
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A copy of the notice in § 115-1 shall be filed in the Erie County Clerk's office, having the same effect as a notice of pendency, except as herein provided.
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A notice so filed shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of filing unless vacated by court order of a court of record or by consent of the Town Attorney.
The notice to repair or demolish shall state the time and place of a hearing to be held before the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster within the thirty-day period as provided in the notice to repair or remove an unsafe or dangerous building or structure.
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If the unsafe or dangerous building or structure is not repaired or removed within the thirty-day period, as provided in the notice to repair or remove, and a hearing having been scheduled before the Town Board within that thirty-day period for compliance, then the Town of Lancaster may remove such building or structure.
B. 
All costs and expenses incurred by the Town of Lancaster in connection with the proceedings to remove or secure, including the actual cost of removing said building or structure, shall be assessed against the land on which said buildings or structures are located.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
This chapter shall constitute part of the Code of the Town of Lancaster and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption in accordance with the provisions of law.